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so i just wan if -- want to reiterate that the funds are going to general education, not special education. >> do you have a [inaudible] question about the dollar amount is? . it translates roughly into 1.8 million. the state does provide us with technical assistance through the process [inaudible] have been attending since september. once the plan is approved, rather than general education [inaudible] will be participating in this process as well. we have been having -- we were required to put together a stake holder group and also a leadership group which is really just a [inaudible] is to meet regularly to help us through the process from beginning to end and that has been happening since september in october we brought on dan, the author of one or our review checklist that we used for our [inaudible] to consult with us for analyzing the root cause for [inaudible] and in october we also brought on board doctor brown who is here with us today as a consultant of the safe plan. doctor brown is a member of the state [inaudible] that works on significant disproportion ality. the day that ele
so i just wan if -- want to reiterate that the funds are going to general education, not special education. >> do you have a [inaudible] question about the dollar amount is? . it translates roughly into 1.8 million. the state does provide us with technical assistance through the process [inaudible] have been attending since september. once the plan is approved, rather than general education [inaudible] will be participating in this process as well. we have been having -- we were required...
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these qualities we should look for in all educational professionals. it is unclear to me why someone of her ability will not be reelected to teach next year. she's the kind of teacher that students will remember when they look back at their education. please reconsider this decision as i am looking forward to having my son in her class. it is teachers like her that restore faith in the public school system. most sincerely, glenda [inaudible]. >> good evening president norton and commissioners and everyone. [inaudible]. i hope i said that right. my name is christina [inaudible]. i am one of the non reelected teachers. i teach fourth grade at [inaudible] elementary. i'm here for two things. one is to introduce myself and the second is to ask you to help our community come up with a solution to this situation. i will call it in the most neutral /serpl situation. i humbly and respectfully bring before you 15 years of service in san francisco classrooms with a special education professional working with inclusion children from k to 5 across the board. i als
these qualities we should look for in all educational professionals. it is unclear to me why someone of her ability will not be reelected to teach next year. she's the kind of teacher that students will remember when they look back at their education. please reconsider this decision as i am looking forward to having my son in her class. it is teachers like her that restore faith in the public school system. most sincerely, glenda [inaudible]. >> good evening president norton and...
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the regular meeting for the board of education for tuesday march 12, 2013 is now called to order. roll call please. thank you. >> thank you. /phaoez join me in the pledge of allegiance. can i hear second? thank you. this is for january 22, 2013. roll call please. >> thank you. miss lee, my wong, mr. haney, miss mendoza, miss nor tan. item b. present to the board. >> thank you president norton. good evening. a few comments for tonight. or school site planning was held on march 2. it was very attended. i want to thank everyone that attended. this was an opportunity for everyone to learn about the district's goals moving forward and how to create a plan for how our sites will allocate and use their resources. if you were not able to attend this year's summit, we look forward to seeing you next year. in the meantime, we encourage parents to have a robust conversation about using resources aligned to budget priorities. we also urge you to look at the school's website where the powerpoint presentations talking about the district goals are also going to be posted. i believe they're alrea
the regular meeting for the board of education for tuesday march 12, 2013 is now called to order. roll call please. thank you. >> thank you. /phaoez join me in the pledge of allegiance. can i hear second? thank you. this is for january 22, 2013. roll call please. >> thank you. miss lee, my wong, mr. haney, miss mendoza, miss nor tan. item b. present to the board. >> thank you president norton. good evening. a few comments for tonight. or school site planning was held on march...
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had it not been for my education in the san francisco unified school district, i may not have been able to become an electrician to take care of my family. i wanna stay here in san francisco, but my children want to stay in their native home as well. their ages are from 18 to 21 and it is so difficult for them to find employment. and we are african americans here in san francisco, living in the bay view hunters point. my two sons graduated from lowell high school, my daughter graduated from the school of the arts and there's no reason they should be unemployed here in san francisco. i'm advocating for all of my /kpheurpb because i still have two daughters in the public school system. we have to get better, more creative, we have to make this thing work. this is intersecting interests. and i represent that intersecting interest so i hope that you guys will come together. i do believe in good union jobs so let's make this work the proper way. >> my name is kevin, i'm a community activist and film maker. i want to off my support for the local hiring legislation that was passed by the city
had it not been for my education in the san francisco unified school district, i may not have been able to become an electrician to take care of my family. i wanna stay here in san francisco, but my children want to stay in their native home as well. their ages are from 18 to 21 and it is so difficult for them to find employment. and we are african americans here in san francisco, living in the bay view hunters point. my two sons graduated from lowell high school, my daughter graduated from the...
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the board of education is being asked to [inaudible] 52055.740 al a through d [inaudible]. the detail of the waiver is requested are listed in the table below. shall i read the table? >> could we do a -- i appreciate all the information listed here. sorry, can i -- thank you. did you explain the fiscal impact and what exactly we're doing? >> correct. so we have these four schools receive a little under 1.4 million dollars in total of qeia funding annually. in order to continue with the funding we need to meet all the qeia requirements because these schools have particularly low class sizes in some of the grades. we need to apply for the waivers because they're over those targets so we can continue with the funding /tp-rb next year. ing -- for next year. >> one other thing. on the back -- the last paragraph -- i think that should be unusually -- small class sizes in the base here and i just thought for the board and the public we should understand that. one of the reasons for that is because we have a choice system and so these are schools that were not performing well and a
the board of education is being asked to [inaudible] 52055.740 al a through d [inaudible]. the detail of the waiver is requested are listed in the table below. shall i read the table? >> could we do a -- i appreciate all the information listed here. sorry, can i -- thank you. did you explain the fiscal impact and what exactly we're doing? >> correct. so we have these four schools receive a little under 1.4 million dollars in total of qeia funding annually. in order to continue with...